A cutting-edge analysis of a skull found in Turkey in 1929 proves once and for all that it is not Arsinoë IV, Cleopatra's ...

In life, this individual was known as Tetinebefou, "conjurer of the goddess Serket,"  "director of medicinal plants," and ...

Ephesos (Turkey) in 1929. It was long speculated that it could be the remains of Arsino IV, the sister of the famous Cleopatra. However, the latest anthropological analyses show that the remains are ...

Since the late 1950s, researchers have been convinced the skull belonged to the Arsinoë IV, but it seems they were wrong.

The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" ...

The mysterious ancient skull, found in the 1920s, sparked a wave of theories then “sank into oblivion” — until recently.

Scientists have learned that a skull that long-believed to be that of Cleopatra’s sister Arsinoë IV actually belonged to a ...

An archeological missing person’s case has gotten a bit more complicated. Scientists have learned that a skull that ...

The emerging importance of the find underscores a key truth about archaeology: artifacts often hold secrets that only later ...

The tomb of an ancient Egyptian royal physician, who also had the role of being a magician, has been unearthed in Saqqara.

Mayer’s weak attempt to address opera’s recent struggles with its history of fetishization of “exotic” cultures adds nothing ...